Abstract
Many rivers in New Hampshire are rich in dark brown organic matter from natural sources. Because the interactions between metal ions like Fe 3+ and the organic fulvic and humic acids makes water treatment difficult, we are studying the nature of the organic acids. Fulvic acid was isolated from the B 2 horizon of a Podzol soil obtained at Conway, NH, and fulvic and humic acids were isolated from the Oyster River (Lee, NH) and Jewel Pond (Stratham, NH). The method of isolating the organic matter from water involves new techniques. The oxygen-containg functional groups, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen were analyzed for all samples. The fulvic acid and humic acid samples isolated from water are different from each other, but similar to analogous soil samples.
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